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Government has no liberty to decide which court orders to obey

Let me start by stating without equivocation that there can be no justification for disobedience to court orders. No person or organ, whether of government, opposition or private sector has the liberty to determine which court order is convenient to obey. While the focus in the last two weeks have been on the government’s refusal to abide by some court orders, the reality is this malady started infecting us a while ago. I remember Parliament ignoring court orders relating to the Judicial Service Commission and to Governors impeachments a while ago and many of us cheered them because it was politically convenient. The opposition has had its fair share of defiance of the courts including orders that barred them from demonstrations against IEBC. Again many of us cheered them because it was politically palatable. Now it’s the Executive’s turn and many are cheering them on because these acts are aligned to our political cause.

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